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Tile Drainage: Good or Bad?

Tile Drainage: Good or Bad?

by Liza Lemieux, Franklin County NRCD Conservation Technician Tile drainage can have many benefits. By more quickly draining extra water from a field, the field can be accessed sooner for planting, crop roots can grow farther down, compaction is reduced, and soil...
Young Farmers Converge in D.C.

Young Farmers Converge in D.C.

Three Vermonters traveled to Washington D.C. in November to join young farmers from across the country for the annual Young Farmers Coalition convergence. Damien Boomhower went to great lengths to put his young family and 60-head organic dairy in order so he could...
ECO*AmeriCorps members aid water quality across Franklin County

ECO*AmeriCorps members aid water quality across Franklin County

For Immediate Release July 31, 2018 Contact: Jeannie Bartlett, District Manager Franklin County Conservation District Jeanne.bartlett@vt.nacdnet.net or (802) 528-4176 ECO*AmeriCorps members aid water quality across Franklin County This August marks the third year that...

Local farmers and partners share new approaches to water quality

Press Release: Local farmers and partners share new approaches to water quality FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jeannie Bartlett, District Manager Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District 802-528-4176 jeanne.bartlett@vt.nacdnet.net by Jeannie Bartlett...

Setting the Table for Songbirds

by guest author Bridget Butler, “the Bird Diva.” As a light blanket of snow covers the ground and I watch chickadees and finches at my feeders, I think about how I can continue to add more food sources to my backyard. And not just by adding feeders, but by...

History of the Land

History of the Land, by Jeannie Bartlett, District Manager Franklin County NRCD The land governed by the District today was built and carved over the course of millennia. Mountains much taller than the Greens we see today were thrust up by colliding continents and are...